Birth of the

American Republic

EVENTCause

Effect

1. British parliament passes

Stamp Act•Debts from French/Indian War need paid off•Colonist Boycott•Stamp Act repealed

2. British close Boston harbor & station troops in

city.• Colonists protest import tax on tea. • Boston Tea Party• First Continental Congress meets to protest punishment of Boston

3. Second Continental Congress votes to

form an army under GeorgeWashington•Battles at Lexington & Concord•American Revolution Begins

4. France enters the war

in 1778•France wants to weaken England•Combined forces result in American victory

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5.By approving the Articles of

Confederation, states create a weak national

government• States need a plan for a central gov’t, but want to protect their own authority• National Gov’t set up, but powerless to govern

George III• 60 yr. reign as

King of England• Wanted to assert his leadership• Unbending discipline of Colonies led to Revolution

Treaty of Paris•Signed Sept. 3,

1783; officially ended the American Revolutionary War

Popular Sovereignty

•All the power of a government comes from the people•Locke/Rousseau

The Constitutio

n• Created in 1787, and ratified by the first 13 states in 1789• Replaced the weak central government of the Articles of Confederation with a more powerful one.

Checks & Balances•A system whereby

branches of the same government share power equally and limit the powers of fellow branches simultaneously

Federal Republic• A system of governing

where power is shared between the Federal (national) government and State governments• 10th Amendment to the Constitution

Bill of Rights

• First 10 amendments to the Constitution• Insisted upon by the “Anti-Federalists”• Outlines limitations of the Federal Government in regards to personal liberties